Re: VM02 v1.0 Released! April Fools???

[DaveSchmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com>]

On Mar 31, 7:26 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> DaveSchmenk wrote:
>
> > Announcing version 1.0 of VM02, the Java compatible VM for 6502 based
> > Apple II computers.  Running on the full line of Apple II computers,
> > from the Rev0 Apple ][ with Integer Basic, to the last-of-the-line
> > Apple //c+, and everything in-between.  Most basic features of a Java
> > VM are implemented to allow direct execution of standard Java class
> > files.
>
> Excellent! I remember reading talk years ago about getting Java to run on
> the Apple. I'm sure that this wasn't an easy or short project to do.

Only about two years ;-)  It actually is the most comprehensive
project I've ever done.  Stuff like the fast floating point routines,
demand swapping memory management, working interrupts across all the
II models, recursive object dereferencing, DVM p-machine, and class
loading are what I'm rather proud of.  Interpreting the Java bytecode
was actually the easy part!

> I'll
> probably have time on the weekend to get started with this.
>

Thanks, keep me posted.  I'm pretty sure I got the filenames right in
the SHK archive.

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Dave...